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Swinging Samurai announces team for Chandigarh Golf League Season 3

Chandigarh, Sep 12 2024 (Kulbir Kalsi)

On the eve of Chandigarh  Golf League Season 3, 2024, Swinging Samurai, a prestigious team playing in the league, introduced its team members to the media.

The co-owners of the team, BS Gill, Manish Goyal, Shaleen Kapur & Amit Sood; team members; coach Manjit Kochar along-with Ranjan Tarafdar, Chief Operating Officer(COO), SBP Group and Sunil Bakshi, Chief Experience Officer(CXO), SBP Group launched the team’s logo at a press meet held at S Lounge, Sec 26 here.

It was also announced that the real estate giant SBP Group will be the official flagship sponsor of the team.

BS Gill, a co-owner of the Swinging Samurai Golf Team; the team’s senior players  Lt. Gen T S Gill (Retd.) and Lt Gen G S Sangha  addressed the media. They were joined by Ranjan Tarafdar, COO of SBP Group and Sunil Bakshi, CXO SBP Group.

BS Gill, who is also captaining the Swinging Samurai Golf Team, expressed his excitement about the upcoming season and said, “The league will feature 378 players over 30 days, with 21 teams competing in a series of challenging matches.

The collaboration between the Swinging Samurai Golf Team and SBP Group is set to enhance the league’s profile and contribute to its continued success.”

Ranjan Tarafdar, COO of SBP Group, said, “We are proud to support the Swinging Samurai Golf Team in this league. Sports is close to our heart; we are building pioneering sports centred residential complexes so that people can fulfil their dream of living an active life and children can look at becoming champions.

We are coming up with SBP Olympia spread across 9 acres at Peer Muchalla where at the core of development will be all outdoor sports like tennis, swimming, badminton, squash, cycling, basketball, cricket etc. and indoor games like table tennis, carrom, chess etc.”

Ranjan explained that the group has realised that post COVID physical fitness and an active lifestyle has become a top priority, so an ‘emphasis on sports in SBP projects’ has become a cornerstone of our corporate vision.

“In line with this, SBP is planning to build a Sports City in Dera Bassi on land spread over 43 acres. The mega scale sports oriented residential development will have a fully loaded stadium size ground that will offer infrastructure to play sports like cricket, and football, hockey, baseball etc.

An Olympic size pool is also envisaged.  What’s more, SBP is also in the process of setting up a 100 acres’ sports city in Ludhiana,” said Ranjan.

Sunil Bakshi, CXO SBP group, on this occasion showed confidence and said, “With the best wishes of the entire SBP group I am sure that our team will give a sterling performance and will win the trophy.”

Lt. Gen G S Sangha said, “It is a matter of pride that we have launched our logo today. Swinging Samurai is all set for giving a sterling performance this season.”

Lt. Gen T S Gill  said, “I feel that apart from a keen sense of competition the league aims to promote golfing talent and build a sense of community among the Chandigarh Golf Club’s extensive membership, which exceeds 5,000 individuals.”

B S Gill added, “We are thrilled to participate in Season 3 of the Chandigarh Golf League. I am sure the league will showcase exceptional golfing talent.”

Meanwhile names of team members were also announced at the press meet.  Under Handicap (0-9) the team will have BS Gill (Captain), SK Sharma, Deshvir S. Attariwala & Rajinder Singh Pammy. Under Handicap (10-16) team members will be Col AD Singh, Col Ajay Kaila, Jaipal Hundal, Gp Capt Deepak Ahluwalia, Jazzy Sihota, Jagmohan Singh, BPS Brar, Harman Grewal, Gen GS Sangha, Gen TS Gill, Brig HS Gill, Col Mohan S Ghuman & Col Nirpinder S Bains. In the ladies’ category Jyoti Gosal shall represent the Swinging Samurai team.

Season 3 of the Chandigarh Golf League is set to take place from September 12 to October 12, 2024, and promises to be an exhilarating event.  The competition will see the winning team receiving Rs 8 lakh and the runner-up securing Rs 4 lakh, in addition to various other prizes.

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